Dentons Rodyk has announced the promotion of our internal talents and strengthening of the partnership with Li Chuan Hsu, Melvin See, and Vanessa Lim promoted to senior partner with effect from 1 January 2018. 

We take pride in recognising all three accomplished professionals for their hard work and demonstrated commitment to our clients as they continue to develop and grow in their careers. 

Apart from continuing our focus on investing in our clients’ success, the Firm also embraces and encourages innovation in the nurturing of our lawyers as we build the next generation of leaders in the legal marketplace.

Li Chuan Hsu (Corporate): His main areas of practice encompass corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions and general corporate commercial transactions, with an emphasis on equity capital markets transactions. He is fluent in both English and Chinese (spoken and written), and has advised various Chinese clients and companies. He is also a key member of the Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology team in Dentons Rodyk, and has advised on initial coin offerings (ICOs) and token generating events. 

Melvin See (Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration): His main areas of practice encompass medical malpractice (defence) matters, building and construction disputes where he acts for developers, contractors and consultants to advance their interests, insolvency cases where he advises and supports liquidators and judicial managers in discharging their duties, and corporate and shareholder disputes. Melvin also acts as an independent mediator to facilitate an amicable resolution between disputing parties.

Vanessa Lim (Litigation and Dispute Resolution): Her primary practice is civil litigation. She has a particular interest in professional negligence, and focuses on medical malpractice. She has advised and acted for hospitals and doctors in medical negligence suits in both the High Court and State Courts. She also represents medical practitioners in professional disciplinary proceedings commenced by the Singapore Medical Council and advises them on regulatory investigations.

The Firm is also pleased to announce the promotion of three more lawyers to the position of partner, effective from 1 January 2018:

Mohamad Rizuan Bin Pathie (Corporate): His main areas of practice encompass corporate commercial law as well as competition and anti-trust law. As a Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP), Rizuan also advises on Islamic finance transactions. He deals in a wide scope of corporate commercial transactions including advising on mergers and acquisitions, contracts, employment matters and regulatory issues. He also advises on competition law and anti-trust matters including advising on cartel investigations, leniency applications as well as on obtaining regulatory clearance for mergers and acquisitions.

Valmiki Nair (Corporate): His primary areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, venture technology, corporate reorganisations and restructurings, employment and general corporate commercial matters. He has advised several venture capital funds, start-ups and companies on investment deals. He has also acted for multiple Singapore companies in relation to cross-border restructuring exercises. 

About Dentons Rodyk

Dentons Rodyk is one of Singapore's biggest law firms and part of the world’s largest, with a team of around 200 lawyers offering clients a full suite of legal services necessary to do business locally and globally. With over 160 years of establishment, consistently ranked highly in leading publications, we pride ourselves on providing the highest quality advice to our clients while maintaining strong working relationships with key public sector agencies and leading organisations in the private sector. Our combination with global law firm Dentons, makes us part of the world’s largest law firm with more than 12,500 professionals in over 160 locations in more than 80 countries.

Designed to be different, Dentons Rodyk can help you grow, protect, operate and finance your business. Our polycentric and purpose-driven approach, together with our commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and ESG, ensures we challenge the status quo to stay focused on what matters most to you.

The first global pan-ASEAN law firm, Dentons ASEAN has an established history in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore and will continue to grow our presence through combinations with exceptional local firms across the ASEAN region and help clients navigate change wherever they are located.

In the new dynamic decade, clients continue to be confronted with complex scenarios and want to work with a purpose-driven law firm that has the experience and confidence to help them thrive at wherever they are located. Through our combinations with firms that are leaders in their respective communities and local markets, along with the partner firms in Dentons’ Nextlaw Referral Network, Dentons is ideally positioned to support our clients everywhere in ASEAN and around the globe.